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So is assuming that the "bahn mi" mentioned prominently in a local eatery's print ad probably aren't up to the standards of the bánh mì I get on Argyle a reasonable inference from meagre data or just an especially egregious instance of linguification?
Date: 2007-01-03 12:17 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] ursine1.livejournal.com
There's a simpler reason. Many people don't know how to make accented characters on their PCs. And few use manuals or on-line help to find out how.

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Date: 2007-01-03 03:08 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
Even lack of accents doesn't turn "bánh mì" into "bahn mi". (Hence Tony's and my Autobahn puns.)
Date: 2007-01-03 07:00 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] lhn.livejournal.com
That's the standard floating foreign h problem. (See also the perennial "Ghandi" and "Ghengis Khan".) The writer knows there's an h in there somewhere, but damned if he knows where it goes.

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